11/27/2009

The Obama administration's reaction (or non-reaction) to the Climate-gate scandal

It was clear that the climate tax legislation was already in danger. The debate in the Senate had already been pushed off to the coming spring, putting it well into an election year and making it difficult for something to pass.

Obama administration climate czar Carol Browner on Wednesday rejected claims that e-mails stolen from a British university show climate scientists trumped up global warming numbers, saying she considers the science settled.

"I'm sticking with the 2,500 scientists. These people have been studying this issue for a very long time and agree this problem is real," said Ms. Browner, who President Obama has tapped as his chief of policy on global warming. . . .